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AMC Park Motocross at Saddleback M '" 8. . e, by Sco tt Heidbrink IRVIN E, CAL., Jan. 20 , 197 3 - The skies w ere unusually clea r, but th e track w as as gooey as I have ever seen it. It wasn ' t in bad sh ap e, but th e clo ud bursts th e p as t week sa t ura te d th e track to its maximum limi t. It was ne at , for a change, to have m u dd y track out here. The o nly p roblems it see me d to cause was in readi ng the muddied numb er p lates, after these guys ro de flat o ut fo r twe nty min u tes. Yes , I did say twenty minuts. T he AMC officials have decid ed to run L-O-N-G m o tos wh en there are n' t to o man y riders. In fact, ne xt wee k, the re will be three tw enty-m in u te m ote s, an d 100% tro phies to all those can finis h all th ree of th ei r ra ces. If y o u're h ung up about n o t havi ng an ything o n yo ur mantle , co me o ut and gi t a reall y n eat tro phy. If you ar e ha vin g tro ub le with the old truck o r van, o r you flat d on 't have M .... Cl> o' M . c: .., ~ w Z W ..J ." . ~-: - . .. . . ...~.. ~-s.- ....- _~ .;e~ ~r;. ~ ." - ~ .1'_'" Over the gate. off the line and through the muck at AMC Saddleback. Charlie Richardson (Yam) dominated th e tough 250 Novice class. an y way out to the track all th e tim e , the Ch evy LUV Series starts n ext mon th . . Du e to the sm all number s today, there w ere only three divisions, but they were all scored separately , wh ich helps th ose low er classed rid ers. All th e 10 0s, 12 5s, and 175s ran toge th er, bu t it was th e Penton of Mark Brown th a t led every m o ta. Mark would smoke it o ff the lin e, an d usually have th e lea d in th e sec o nd co mer. Then he would tum o n th e; lo ud han dle (Or sh ould I cal l it a quiet handle, due to th e low dbs on tha t Penton ?! and fly o u t to a half lap lead by the ti m e the race was h ill over. Mark Harringt on and Dal e Hunter see me.d ~o b e the on ly two tha t co uld stay wi th in stri king distance fo r any length of t ime. Glenn T anaka's Bul see me d to h ave /~J~f:NRYG(~~T~ CHAMBERS, FOR THE M,X . RACER : marbl es in the tranny, o r tha t's h ow the announcer put it , so he hung up h is 25 0 ride , afte r a win in th e 100 class. Meanwhile, b ack in th e 25 0s, Ch arlie Richardson to ok his ye llo w and black 0 '1'-2 to two very co n vin cin g wins , but in the th ird go' ro un d, a few o f hi s p eers h ad othe r ideas. Keith J enkin s who fin ishe d second Begin ner last week, took th e lea d off th e line, an d h eld it fo r two laps , un til Ch arlies s to le by. Charlie lost it to Ro y Nicol on hi s Bul, all while J oel Grant was co ming off a b ad start trying to ca tc h up . After a few m o re laps, Charlie regai ned his cherishe d spo t, th e lead , b u t J oel Grant was closing fast , with th e other s figh ting am ongst th emselves behind these tw o. It see me d as th ough Chuck's Yammie had more bean s (o r Chuck has m o re on th e ball) and he h eld o ff Gran t 's super-swi ft Hu sk y . 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